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Thank you for all your responses to the Community consultation, responses are in the documents attached.
Should you wish to volunteer to join the Highways plan working group please email parish.council@abbotsbromley.com
On the 4th May 2023 Abbots Bromley neighbourhood plan was successfully voted for by residents in the Parish.
The Neighbour plan gives a degree of control over planning applications which affect the village, the Parish Council will continue to monitor national and local planning changes and amend the Neighbourhood Plan accordingly.
The Parish Council wishes to thank all those involved in any way with the Neighbourhood Plan over the past nine years. It has been some journey.
Following on from the informative series of public meetings held during 2018/2019, the NDP group set about the task of producing the Draft NDP earlier this year (2020). Unfortunately, the pandemic made this task significantly more difficult than it already was.
The Parish Council is able to report that the work in producing the Draft document has now been completed. It has been successfully reviewed by the consultant, and is now with an ESBC support officer for screening.
The Draft will very soon be with the PC for presentation to the wider parish in order for ‘Regulation 14’ public consultation to commence. At that time all residents will be formally invited to provide comment. This is expected to occur early in the New Year. Details of the consultation process will be provided at the time.
A great deal of hard work has gone in to getting to this point. We all look forward to the next phase whereby the public are able to view the Draft NDP document, the production of which has been led by their valuable input.
If you have any queries on this subject please contact:
Clerk to the Abbots Bromley Parish Council, The Hayloft, Marsh Farm, Uttoxeter Road, Abbots Bromley, WE15 3EJ.
A Parish Neighbourhood Plan is currently being brought to the Draft stage for public consultation. This is being severely affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
At this time there is little that can be done to positively progress the production of the Plan. However, the Neighbourhood Planning Group are communicating and working from home to continue as best as possible with the process.
Please see below a directive recently received by the Parish Council in relation to referendum arrangements associated with Neighbourhood Plans, which will inform of the advice and guidance that we must follow:
Regulations linked to the Coronavirus Act 2020 mean that No elections or referendums can take place until 6 May 2021. This includes Neighbourhood Planning referendums. These provisions will be kept under review and may be amended or revoked in response to changing circumstances.
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) recognises there will be delays in progressing Neighbourhood Plans due to the social distancing measures currently in place across the UK. The updated planning guidance also provides further advice on the implications for conducting publicity and consultation, and examinations.
MHCLG understands this will be frustrating for communities that have dedicated significant time and effort to the neighbourhood planning process and naturally want their plans to come into force as soon as possible. With this in mind, they have updated current planning guidance to set out that Neighbourhood Plans awaiting referendums can be given significant weight in decision-making.
Here are the leaflet pages describing the proposed Policy headings and Aims, together with currently identified potential areas for designation as Local Green spaces:
* AB Themes and Policies – September 2019 (678.1 Kb)
* AB Local Green Spaces – September 2019 (523.0 Kb)
In order that community opinion shapes the outcome of the Draft Plan, the additional Feedback sheet invites residents to make their observations known to the NDPG. The Feedback sheet may be printed and returned as indicated on the leaflet, or through completion of the online survey (please see link below).
* NP Survey Form – September 2019 (29.1 Kb)
Thank you for your interest and participation.
All information has been passed to Urban Vision (Consultants commissioned to produce the policies for the Abbots Bromley Parish NDP).
Following a productive NDPG led meeting at the Urban Vision office in Liverpool on Tuesday 13th August 2019, we wish to report that they are now undertaking to produce a ‘first outline’ of the Policies that will constitute the basis of the NDP.
In the coming weeks the NDPG will produce an information leaflet outlining all the Policy areas with a brief description of the aims of each policy. Recognising community opinion and the importance placed on heritage and conservation, the leaflet will also identify proposed Local Green Spaces to be incorporated into the NDP.
A ‘feedback’ sheet will accompany the leaflet enabling all residents to provide a general response/comment indicating support or otherwise in respect of the Policy headings, their aims and the proposed Local Green Spaces.
It is important that residents also provide brief detailed reasons for their response (whether for or against), as this information will be used by the Consultant to amend and finalise the Policies for initial presentation to the Parish Council and ESBC in September 2019.
The NDPG also intend to arrange at least one ‘drop in session’ to display the Policy headings, aims and proposed Local Green Spaces to enable residents to discuss the proposals and offer feedback. This session is likely to be held towards the end of August/early September. The date will be widely publicised.
The NDP is a parish-wide Community Plan produced by the Parish for the benefit of the Parish. Therefore, your continued input is essential.
In the meantime, if you have any queries please contact:
The Clerk to the Parish Council, The Hayloft, Marsh Farm, Abbots Bromley, WS15 3EJ
or
The NDPG Secretary, Callander House, Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley, WS15 3D
The application for a £9000 grant was submitted in May when the portal for applications in the current financial year opened. Confirmation that the application had been approved was received on 20th June. Additionally the group have successfully secured Technical Support from ‘Aecom’ to carry out a Housing Needs Assessment to supplement data gathered to date.
This is a major achievement. The grant will enable the Parish of Abbots Bromley, utilising vital independent professional support, to positively bring forward a Neighbourhood Plan which will meet the needs of the residents of the Parish.
A consultant is currently working on a first draft of the plan, bringing together all the evidence and commentary that has been supplied by residents to date. The NDPG will then arrange a workshop to allow residents an opportunity to consider the first draft before seeking to finalise the plan for formal consultation and ultimately submission to the PC and ESBC.
Topic: ‘Progress update and the next steps’
It is imperative that public opinion is taken into account when producing a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP).
The group are pleased to inform residents that a professional Consultant has been brought in to support the ongoing process of creating the parish NDP.
An initial review by the Consultant of the 2015-2018 evolving Draft Plan has detailed significant areas that will need to be improved upon. This is in accord with an earlier Independent Consultant report sanctioned by the Parish Council in 2018.
The programmed NDPG meeting for June 2019 will be used to discuss with residents the contents of the report, and the resulting recommendations. This is an opportunity to ask any unanswered questions that you may have; and also a chance help shape the key policies within the plan as we look to bring the consultant more fully onboard.
Please come along and contribute to these discussions.
Under the “News” section a report has been added from an independent consultation that addresses the potential next steps in the process of creating a Neighbourhood Plan: Review of next steps – May 2019 (124.7 Kb)
Under the “Document Library” section a new document has been added containing a glossary of planning terminology: Glossary of Planning Terminology (May 2019) (60.1 Kb)
Topic: Housing Needs Analysis
It is imperative that public opinion is taken into account when producing a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP).
Since November 2018 the Abbots Bromley NDPGroup has invited the public to attend the first programmed group meeting of the month.
These meetings have proved popular, allowing the group to include the public in discussions on a specific topic relevant to the production of the Parish NDP.
If you are unable to attend these meetings, please submit your written views/opinions on the topic to the NDPG by dropping off at ‘Top Shop’ (Cash Stores) or The NDPG Secretary, Callander House, Bagot Street, AB.
Notice of these meetings is currently available on the Abbots Bromley.com website; social media; notice-boards throughout the village; NDP minutes; Parish News; Bromley Bulletin (as available).
Please send all correspondence & letters to:-
Abbots Bromley Parish Council
07931 346096